Ling Xue'er said: "Can't you stop for a while, you have to leave as soon as you come back." Luo Tianchu said: "I won't go for too long, I'll be back in three days at most." Ling Xue'er said: "You won't take me anyway, I knew I wouldn't come." Luo Tianchu said: "I praised you for growing up just now, why did you play a child's temper again." Ling Xue'er gave him a blank look and said, "Haven't you heard that nature is difficult to change?" I'm waiting for you here, you need to be careful. Luo Tianchu said: "I know." ”

Luo Tianchu went down to the city and ordered 5,000 soldiers, brought three days of water and food, and went out of the south gate to the forbidden ditch. At dusk, the distant mountains and rivers in the suburbs seem to be plated with a layer of golden light, and the sky is cloudy and burning. Wildflowers are fragrant and grassy. The faults between the ravines are scattered, the cliffs are thousands, and the cliffs and moats are innumerable. Every 20 miles, there is a stone fort standing on the broken wall with a wide field of vision, there are 12 such stone forts, called "12 Liancheng", serve as the guard and reconnaissance of the forbidden ditch, once the enemy situation is found, the beacon tower is lit, the wolf smoke is billowing, only rushing into the sky, and it can also be seen 100 miles away. Each stone fort was guarded by ten soldiers, beckoning to Luo Tianchu's army.

At night, the cold wind howled in the wilderness, and the stabbing was like a knife in the face. The twelfth stone fort is located on the top of the hillside, there are several torches lit on the battlements, the soldiers take turns to be on duty at night, and suddenly see an army coming to the city, all of them are startled, and are preparing to light the beacon fire warning, Luo Tianchu hurriedly reported the intention, only to know that it is a friend but not an enemy. A captain of ten came to pay his respects. His name is Luo Monkey, thin and capable, he was originally a local Miao hunter, and he was called into the army half a year ago. Because he was familiar with the terrain of the forbidden ditch, he was assigned by Lu Fei to be the captain of ten here. Luo Tianchu asked him about the terrain ahead, he replied fluently, the description was accurate, Luo Tianchu was overjoyed, so he made him a guide in the army and went with the army.

Luo Monkey listened to Luo Tianchu's purpose of marching and said: "If you don't know the enemy's marching route, trying to find such a path in Qinling is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. Luo Tianchu said: "Brother Luo, is there any good way?" Luo Monkey said: "My subordinates have been hunting in the Qinling Mountains for decades, and every mountain and tree is in my chest. Although the road is difficult to find, there are only a handful of entrances into the mountain, and you only need to find out where they came from into the mountain, and you can find a way to retreat. Luo Tianchu said happily: "If it is really as Brother Luo said, after annihilating the Qi soldiers, Brother Luo should be the first meritorious." Luo Monkey said: "It is an honor for my subordinates to serve the castle master, and I dare not take credit." Judging from the direction, there are three paths that are most likely, one of which is all muddy swamps, sometimes passable and sometimes impassable with the change of time, and it is prolific with precious medicinal herbs, and only local medicine pickers dare to walk through it, I guess the soldiers did not dare to take this road. The other mountain road is only for one person to tread, one side is a cliff, the other side is a cliff, extremely steep, the slightest stumble will be crushed, but it is the closest road. There is also a forest path, the trees in the forest are luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun, the scenery is similar everywhere, it is very easy to get lost, there are many poisonous snakes and beasts, and the subordinates used to hunt there to make a living. Luo Tianchu pondered: "You are right, the swamp is too dangerous, and Mu Han will not go." There are only two options left, the mountain road and the forest road, and I expect him to take the forest road, because there are many wild beasts to eat in the forest, and the trees can also be used as siege equipment. We will find something there. ”

Luo Monkey said: "The subordinates there are very familiar, but now it is getting late, and it is dangerous to enter the forest, I don't know if I will wait until tomorrow morning to leave." Luo Tianchu said: "The soldiers are fast. We're going to leave now, how long will it take to get there?" Luo Monkey said, "Three hours." Luo Tianchu said: "When the soldiers go, open the forest and the road, and consume time." I expect them to come back the day after tomorrow, and we have to find good terrain to ambush first.

Five thousand soldiers entered the forest overnight, and the trees and grass in the forest were dense and grassy, and thorns were everywhere. Luo Monkey didn't need to identify the direction, just moved forward, but Luo Tianchu had already been lost, and asked: "Won't you get lost if you go this way?" Luo Monkey smiled: "My subordinates have grown up in this forest since they were children, and if they go home in the forest, they will get lost at home?" After three hours, all the soldiers were sweating profusely, hot and itchy, and their clothes and skin were torn by thorns. Luo Tian saw that the sky was gray, and the morning was approaching, and a bird song sounded in the forest, and said, "How long will it take to get to the entrance?" Luo Monkey pointed with his hand: "It's ahead." Luo Tianchu saw that the path he was pointing to was a two-foot dirt road that had been trampled on, and it zigzagged into the depths of the dense forest, and asked, "This is the forest road?" Luo Monkey said, "Yes." Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "This is also a road, isn't there still waist-high grass around it, and thorns are all over the ground." Luo Monkey said: "Don't underestimate this path, the castle master, it is the route of the Orions in the mountains when they enter and leave the mountains, and it has saved the lives of countless Orions." The reason why subordinates don't get lost in the mountains is also because of it. Along the way, there are wooden huts built by hunters, which are filled with water and food to help those in need. ”

Luo Tianchu said: "Do you think Sticky Han will march from this road?" Luo Monkey said: "This road has a fork in the road leading to Chang'an, I guess the enemy army is from here." Luo Tianchu nodded and said, "Then let's take a walk along the way, the 20,000 troops passing by will definitely leave traces." ”

He led his army out of Wuli again, and found that the road was gradually widening, and the wattles and branches and leaves scattered along the road had not yet dried up, and it was evident that they had been carved out not long ago. There are still thousands of soil pits and charred dry firewood left on the side of the road, Luo Tianchu said happily: "This road is really good, I want to give Sticky Han Lao'er a big surprise." Luo Monkey said: "What should we do now?" Luo Tianchu said: "The whole army will rest for three hours, and I will go nearby to find an ambush location." Luo Monkey said: "Thirty miles ahead, there is a dangerous place called "pincer gap", it is a broken hill, there is a sheep intestine path under the fracture, it is like a gap between crab pincers, the widest part only allows three or four people to go together, very suitable for ambush. Luo Tianchu was overjoyed and said: "Brother Luo is really a treasure of Qinchuan, and he is going to die this day." When we're resting, we'll go to the crevices. ”

He sent four waves of soldiers to patrol in turn, and the rest of the soldiers fell asleep on the side of the road after they had eaten their fill. Luo Tianchu also leaned against the tree and took a nap for half an hour. After two hours, we set off again, and soon arrived at the "pincer gap". As Luo Monkey said, a continuous mountain range was cut in two, revealing a gap half a mile long and several feet wide. The mountains are smooth and steep, making it difficult to climb, and the detour takes an additional 200 miles. Luo Monkey said: "Legend has it that the heavenly Lei Gong saw that the mountain people had to climb the mountain and make a detour when they arrived here, so he showed great compassion and exerted his divine power to split the mountain range to benefit the mountain people. Luo Tianchu laughed and said: "If the gods really want to benefit the people, how can they come from years of war and chaos, and the lives will be ruined." I prefer to believe that the fool moves the mountain, and the man will win the sky. ”

He walked back and forth in the crevices of the mountain twice, and after looking at the terrain, he asked a thousand archers to climb the mountains on both sides, collect stones and branches and leaves on the mountains, and make them into balls half a man high. Luo Tianchu instructed the commander of the archers: "After the Qi soldiers enter the mountain gap, let them pass, and then release rockets when they escape, and push down the fireball." "The commander commanded. Luo Tianchu sent someone to cut down the big tree next to the nearby road to cut it into a broken one, and only when the front army of Qi troops came out of the valley, he deduced that the big tree blocked the road, so that they could not care about each other. He led the main force to kill the enemy.

After two hours, everything was ready, and all that remained was to wait for the arrival of the troops. They waited for a day in the woods, the soldiers had recovered their spirit and strength, but the approaching army was a tired army, and victory should be easy.

On the afternoon of this day, the Qi soldiers finally appeared, Han Chang walked in the front, followed by the listless, ragged Qi soldiers, and the sticky Chinese army should still be behind. The soldiers on the hill and on the side of the road held their breath and entered the battle mode, waiting for the fish to take the bait. Han Chang watched for a moment in front of the "pincer gap", but he was not alert and led the army into the valley. Luo Tianchu hid in the canopy of a large tree and looked at the overall situation, and when he saw the troops entering the valley, he thought that the fish had already taken the bait, and he only waited for the sticky Chinese army to come and start attacking.

Unexpectedly, Han Chang suddenly waved his hand and shouted: "It's not good! There is an ambush ahead, retreat quickly! Withdraw from the valley!" Luo Tianchu was shocked, and he didn't know where there was a flaw. If he withdraws, he will take a detour, and the opportunity will be lost, and although it is not the best time, he cannot let the enemy escape. At that moment, he did not hesitate to wave the red flag on the tree, and the soldiers on the mountain ridge saw the signal and immediately smashed the prepared stones down, and released two rounds of flying arrows, but the troops did not enter the valley deeply, the damage was not great, and the prepared fire attack was useless. Luo Tianchu jumped from the canopy of the tree and led the soldiers lying outside the valley into the valley to pursue the Qi soldiers.

After the Qi soldiers were broken, they fled for their lives, and Luo Tianchu chased him out of the valley and chased after him. chased twenty miles and killed more than 100 enemies. Luo Tianchu was strange in his heart, thinking that he was very good at using soldiers, how could there be no one to break the back? When he set up the ambush, he was extremely careful, there should not be any flaws, how could Han Chang find something strange in the middle of his journey? And why was there only Han Chang's troops along the way, and where was their main force? Thinking of this, his back was cold, and he was busy holding back the black lightning, and was about to give the order to retreat, when he suddenly heard the shouts of killing in the surrounding woods, and the arrows fell like a rain of locusts.

Luo Tianchu was shocked and said: "It's a plan! The rear army will move forward, and retreat quickly!" Two more waves of arrows rained down, and many of the soldiers of the Blood Knife Fort were killed and wounded by arrows, and Luo Monkey was also killed by random arrows. Luo Tianchu danced his gun to block arrows and urged the horse to break through. At this time, Qi soldiers poured out from the woods beside the road, and Han Chang also led the army back to help the battle, attacking from three sides, and the Blood Knife Fort suffered heavy casualties. Han Chang shouted loudly: "The reward for killing Luo Tianchu is ten thousand taels!" Luo Tianchu led the remnants of the army to fight a bloody way and broke through.

Seven or eight big trees in front of him fell to the ground in unison, blocking the way, this was a trap he prepared for Sticky Han, but he didn't expect the other party to use it on himself, the flag fluttered on the hill on the right, and the horizontal knife under the Qinglong was immediately a veteran, it was Wanyan Sticky Han, he stroked his hair and smiled: "Yellow-haired child, the old man has been waiting for you for a long time." (To be continued.) )